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A Malaysia-Thailand boundary stone at the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Danok border crossing. Malaysian boundary wall near Padang Besar, Malaysia. The 658-kilometre Malaysia-Thailand land boundary consists of 552-kilometre section on land running along the watershed of several mountain ranges in northern Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand, and 106 kilometres running along the thalweg of the Golok ...
Malaysia's border with Thailand is located to the north of Peninsula Malaysia and runs between the Straits of Malacca on the west and the Gulf of Thailand/South China Sea in the east. The Malaysian states of Kedah , Kelantan , Perak and Perlis border the Thai provinces of Narathiwat , Satun , Songkhla and Yala .
The Golok River (Thai: แม่น้ำโก-ลก, RTGS: Maenam Kolok, pronounced [mɛ̂ː.náːm koː.lók]; Malay: Sungai Golok) is a river that lies on the border between Malaysia and Thailand. The name of the river in Malay means 'river of machete'. [1] The river borders the Malaysian state of Kelantan and the Thai province of Narathiwat.
The Kangar-Pattani floristic boundary crosses the peninsula in southern Thailand and northernmost Malaysia, marking the boundary between the large biogeographic regions of Indochina to the north and Sundaland and Malesia to the south. The forests north of the boundary are characterized by seasonally-deciduous trees, while the Sundaland forests ...
The small town of Danok (Thai: ด่านนอก, RTGS: dan nok), 13 km south of Sadao town in tambon Samnak Kham is the major border crossing between Thailand and Malaysia. The immigration, customs, quarantine and security checkpoint on the Malaysian side is called the Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS checkpoint.
It is one of the largest and most prosperous districts in Narathiwat Province. It is also one of the major economic centers in the southern part of Thailand. It is the capital of the Su-ngai Kolok District. As of 2005, the town (thesaban mueang) had a population of 38,612. Across the border is Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, Malaysia.
The nearest town on the Thailand side is Betong in Yala province. Although described as a border town, Pengkalan Hulu is 6 km from the actual Malaysia-Thailand border which is located at Bukit Berapit, where the Malaysian customs, immigration and quarantine station is located.
Bukit Kayu Hitam is the northern end of the North–South Expressway and Malaysia Federal Route 1 which runs the entire length of Peninsula Malaysia from Johor Bahru, Johor in the south where the border crossing to Singapore is located. The road is connected to Thailand's Route 4 or Phetkasem Road which goes all the way to Bangkok.